May 5, 2006 / Community

McKinley Hightower-Beyah, of the Hamer-Campos Farmer's Market in Rockaway, took part in the New York City Housing Authority's (NYCHA) "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" on Thursday, April 27. More...

The Rockaway Artists Alliance (RAA) and the NYC Department of Education Region 5 Learning Support Center present Kidsplash! 2006, a comprehensive showcase of work from young artists all over the area. More...

A good example of how insular the Department of Education has become when dealing with the media came last week when The Wave's Sports Editor went to the new Scholar's Academy at MS 180 to cover a visit by New York Jets Safety Erik Coleman. More...

A federal appeals court has ruled that former mayor Rudy Giuliani was within his rights when he summarily fired a cop and two firefighters who rode in blackface on a float entitled "Black To The Future: Broad Channel 2098" in the Broad Channel Labor More...

A federal appeals court has ruled that former mayor Rudy Giuliani was within his rights when he summarily fired a cop and two firefighters who rode in blackface on a float entitled "Black To The Future: Broad Channel 2098" in the Broad Channel Labor More...

State Senator Malcolm Smith recently announced that the Parent Information Resource Center (PIRC) has opened a 24-hour Parent Helpline designed to counsel parents and provide them with the information and resources they need. More...

Saturday night, April 22, and Sunday afternoon, April 23, young thespians from The Rockaway Theatre Company's Children's and Teen's Theatre Workshops performed before packed houses in the Post Theater at Fort Tilden. More...

"Every day should be Earth Day," said Barbara Toborg of Broad Channel. On April 29, the American Littoral Society organized a cleanup and marsh restoration project at the East 12th Road salt marsh in Broad Channel. More...

MS 53/Brian Piccolo Middle School seventh and eighth grade students were treated to an afternoon of living history as Colonel Ed Monroe, a Tuskegee airman, recounted his years of training and combat. More...

St. John's Episcopal Hospital honored 55 volunteers with a luncheon on Thursday, April 27, during National Volunteers Week. Barbara Morris, President of the Rotary Club of Rockaway, delivered the keynote speech. More...

Ben Loffredo, the fifteen-year-old grandchild of Rockaway resident Sylvia Hershkoff, will be honored by Caroline Kennedy and other members of President Kennedy's family during the May 22 "Profile in Courage" Award ceremony at the John F. More...

Continuing its tradition of leaping into the political fray, the recently chartered Rockaway Republicans Club in southern Queens announced its decision to endorse Bill Weld for GOP gubernatorial standard-bearer, a club spokesperson told The Wave on T More...

Daniel O'Keefe, an NYPD lieutenant and public education worker for the Office of Emergency Management, gives a presentation on emergency preparedness at last week's 100 Precinct Community Council meeting. More...

Continuing its tradition of leaping into the political fray, the recently chartered Rockaway Republicans Club in southern Queens announced its decision to endorse Bill Weld for GOP gubernatorial standard-bearer, a club spokesperson told The Wave on T More...

A plaque honoring the 100th anniversary of St. John's Episcopal Hospital was unveiled on Friday, April 28, 2006. More than $129,000 was raised for the plaque from among the community and the Hospital's staff and physicians. More...

State Senator Carl Kruger, who represents sections of Brooklyn, recently released a press release concerning the new Aviator Sports and Recreation Complex currently being constructed in Floyd Bennett Field. More...

Above: Andy from the American Heart Association recently paid a visit to PS 47 in Broad Channel to start off a "Hoops/Jump Rope For Heart" heart awareness event that will take place on Friday, May 12 in the schoolyard. More...